Chennai students break 15-yr record

The Central Board of Secondary Education Chennai Region comprises of 1,216 schools spread across Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, Maharashtra, Goa, Pondicherry, Lakshadweep and Daman and Dieu. Of the 33,148 students who had registered for the examination, 32,365 candidates had appeared for the Plus Two public examinations at 530 centres.

While 91.23 percent of the 14,198 girls emerged successful, the boys trailed them with a 89.04 percent success rate from among 18,167 candidates.